Juarez Get inUnderstandGet aroundSeeDoBuyEatSleepStay safeJuarez (Spanish:Ciudad Juárez) is a city in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. It stands on the Rio Grande, across the United States border from El Paso. Get in[edit]A passport is required to enter the United States. Juarez is part of Mexico's zona frontera, and no visa or passport is required to enter from the United States. Pedestrians are rarely stopped or asked for identification. Vehicles may be stopped at random: usually indicated by a red light at the border crossing. Your vehicle may be searched if stopped, and the most serious matter is to carry a firearm or ammunition without a permit to do so: even one spent shell casing may result in serious charges. Center of the city. Highways exiting Juarez have checkpoints that do require foreigners to present a visa. If you do not have one, you may fill out a tourist card at the checkpoint. By car[edit]From the rest of Mexico, Juarez is accessible …

In recent years, the U.S. Consulate General in Tijuana has received numerous complaints from U.S. citizens regarding health-care facilities in Los Cabos. As a result, the U.S. Consulate encourages its staff and official visitors to Los Cabos to refrain from using medical facilities that do not appear on the Consulate’s publicly-available list of hospitals. U.S. citizens should be aware of their rights under Mexican law. Most Mexican healthcare facilities require payment “up front” prior to performing a procedure. Most hospitals in Mexico do not accept U.S. domestic health insurance or Medicare/Medicaid and will only accept payment via cash, credit, debit card, or bank transfer. We encourage visitors to obtain as much information as possible about facilities and their medical personnel when considering surgical or other procedures; when possible, patients should travel with a family member or another responsible party. Complai…

Ryan CraggsWorld Editor, The Huffington Post GETTY Though cities such as Chicago and Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez hold reputations as hubs of gun violence, neither sniffs the top 10 in this year’s ranking of the most violent cities in the world, according to a recent study by the Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice. For the second year in a row, San Pedro Sula, Honduras holds on to the infamous top spot as the most violent city in the world, with 169 homicides per 100,000 habitants. And much to the chagrin of the region, all 10 of the globe’s most violent destinations remain in Latin America. The study is published by the Citizen Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice (Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Pública y la Justicia Penal), a private organization and part of the Mexican Employers’ Association. The organization bases its ranking off …